A yewwood and elm Windsor chair, Thames Valley, mid 18th century

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A yewwood and elm Windsor chair, Thames Valley, mid 18th century
with a shaped toprail between rectangular section uprights and a solid vase shaped splat, the arms with flattened shaped supports and with a broad saddle seat on front cabriole legs and later tapered back legs joined by later turned stretchers
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Lot Essay

This distinctive chair relates to two highly provenanced chairs with their maker's labels that are illustrated in Dr B Cotton The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, page 45, figures tv14 and tv15; respectively John Pitt of Slough (died 1759) and Richard Hewett of Slough (died 1777)

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